Netters,
When UPC was in power, it was blamed for everything wrong. UPC was removed from power, and indeed NRA/M came and brought "Sleep" to the people of Uganda who had never slept ever since independence. UPC made it impossible for things to happen, let alone lay a foundation for the development of this poor country.
This was the contention of both UPC critics and Anti-Obote Ugandans in cahoots with other non Ugandans.
Now with twenty years under its waist and still counting, many Ugandans are still paying heed to the proverbial "sleep". Many have turned on all sides and the sleep gets deeper and sweeter towards the late hours of the morning just when it is beginning to dawn to other Ugandans that time was up. The cocks are crowing and the birds are singing in the air.
But to many, the realities of the NRA/M mare is beginning to come to fruit with the increasing number of homeless children on the streets of Kampala, and other cities and towns.
The Night commuters who we have lived to know in the north was always swished away like they were some fairy tale about a long dead and gone village in Uganda. In fact UPC was blamed for that one too. The fact of the matter is that the realities of the failed administration of the NRA/M is here and the sooner it is accepted the better it will be for all of us.
A writer in Uganda noted this and called upon fellow citizens to take heed.
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Children do not belong on the street |
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HOME IN THE OPEN: Some of Kampalas countless street children take a nap near Pioneer Mall |
Fellow Ugandans and the Ministry of Gender and Development, it is with much concern for our nation and its future that I highlight what we witness every day on the streets of Kampala and other growing towns, with little or no concern.
The number of the street children is increasing and so is their age.
Reading the Its Kawa pull-out in the Sunday Vision of July 17, I was touched by the story entitled, The monkey boy now a man.
Many thanks to the soldiers who saved Robert and all those people who were involved in raising him, especially at his new home, LArche. Robert was rescued at the age of six and is now 27, and this was said of him by the community Director at LArche: Although Robert has learnt a lot, he has a long way to go.
In view of this, what is the way forward for our children on the streets? Some of these children are younger than Robert was when he was raised by the monkeys. These children dont have even monkeys
to raise
them. They do not experience any love or have someone to find them food. It is heart-breaking.
I am ready to join hands with any child-loving Ugandans to see that our children grow up in homes not on the streets. We are not safe with a generation of street children and parents. Let us do something before its too late.
Medrine Nabalema
Kayunga
Published on: Sunday, 31st July, 2005 |
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